This handout picture released by the Saudi Royal Palace shows Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud at al-Salam Royal Palace in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on September 27, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP)
DUBAI – Iran has officially invited Saudi Arabia's king to visit the country, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday, after the two major oil producers agreed to resume diplomatic relations following a China-brokered agreement in March.
"Iranian President (Ebrahim Raisi) has sent an invitation to the Saudi king in return for an invitation by Riyadh for him," Nasser Kanaani told a televised news conference.
Technical delegations from both countries are preparing to officially reopen their missions, and Teheran said these missions would restart their activities by May 9, Iran's semi-official Tasnim News agency reported.
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Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran in 2016 in response to the attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran after the kingdom executed a Shi'ite cleric.